*** a big welcome to new
member Natalie...she has a soft coated Wheaten Terrier and she is interested
in agility and obedience!!!!***

GUESTS:

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT
7:20 when Sandy arrived with a flourish!!!

MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH'S
MTG. APPROVED BY Brenda

UNFINISHED/ON-GOING
BUSINESS:

-shirts are here

-parade – float is not very
big, we are looking for number of interested people, e-mail Linda Cooney if
you are interested
lcooney151@sympatico.ca -Brenda Collver and Jill Kolar say they
will help

-Christmas
Party committee, The consensus is we should go out…. Kelsey’s was suggested
as a possible location due to their support of our show with the Best in Show
money. Sandy will make reservations. The club will provide $10 each towards
the meal. Wed the 17th of Dec. is suggested as a possible date
with RSVP’s to secretary by Mon. Dec 1st.

CORRESPONDENCE:

-Bob Rowbotham wants us to
support him as he runs for CKC director. He has offered to come to a meeting
to meet us and answer questions Connie will extend an invitation if our next
meeting is before the election date…..his e-mail is Bob Rowbotham
bob@rock107.ca
if anyone would like to speak to him.

-the Civic
centre hall rates have been raised by $2.00 to $32.00 a night effective
September 1, 2008.

-If you are a
CKC member could you e-mail us your membership number to have on file????

TREASURER'S REPORT:

-Our balance as of Aug 31st
is 10761.68

-Brenda Dejong was paid some
$ for laminating the signs for Rally obedience

-Shirts cost $770.00

-6 dates were booked at
Rankin with 1 for the handling seminar

-Paws on Run was sent
$100.00 for sign holders for Rally

-We have applied for a $1000
limit Visa credit card

PROPERTIES REPORT:

-its all good!!!

CONFORMATION DIRECTOR'S
REPORT:

-We got our BIS cheque from
Travelodge for 2009

-final judges have been
submitted to CKC

-our 2010 and 2011 dates for
the April show have been approved.

-Sherbrooke is no longer on
that week-end

-Sandy is to call Kim at
Kelseys to ask about our BIS cheque for 2009

-Bright eyes and Bushy Tails
is also going to give a cheque

-we need sponsors for groups
prizes if anyone can think of anyone who wants to sponsor, its $50 for a group
and $25 for puppy group

-Premium list is to be
printed soon ready to be handed out at Ottawa show in Nov.

-Our Kim Cooper seminar has
16 handler teams registered and if people are interested in auditing they can
for $15 for the day…no need to preregister for auditing just show up

PUBLIC RELATIONS:

-newspaper article
submission is in progress

-pictures to be taken at the
last class

NEW BUSINESS:

-Disc Dog with Hess
Gallagher was attended by Barb, Kelly and Jill on Thanksgiving Monday it was a
very good positive performance -Upper Ottawa Valley Disc Dog Association

-On Saturday November 8th
there will be a Therapeutic Paws of Canada dog evaluation. If you are
interested your dog must be at least a year old and an outline of the test is
available at the TPOC website..
http://www.tpoc.ca/TherapyDogEvaluation.asp